EAGB
MEMBERS STORM 2018 CEANA CONVENTION IN
TORONTO CANADA
At the just ended
2018 Council of Ewe Associations in North
America (CEANA) Convention in Toronto,
Canada, the Ewe Association of Greater
Boston was well represented from August 30
to September 2
With only 4 years of
existence since the Ewe Association of
Greater Boston was inaugurated, this year is
the fourth official attendance of the
Association since joining CEANA. The number
of the Association’s attendees were
unprecedented with 34 members – 25 adults,
and 9 children. EAGB has become one of the
most admired Associations within the Ewe
communities in North America and Canada due
to the hard work of the Executives and the
able representation on the Council of
Representatives (COR) by the President and
the Treasurer. The EAGB’s financial
contributions to CEANA as a group and as
individual members are beginning to be
noticed by all CEANA member Associations.
The Convention is an
annual event that gathers members of the Ewe
Community in the diaspora to raise fund for
educational and health development projects
in the Eweland of Benin, Ghana and Togo.
On the 25th
anniversary of CEANA, the Ghana Ambassador
to Canada, Honorable Ayikoe Otoo was happy
that members have not forgotten their people
back home and setting a good example of
continued contributions towards development
activities. He encouraged the CEANA to
partner with various governments in Benin,
Ghana and Togo for the development of their
countries and especially, the less
privileged.
In a related
development, the President, Patrick Mancha
Sossou, on behalf of EAGB donated $1,000.00
to the CEANA Star Fund towards future
development projects in Eweland. Individual
members of EAGB also pledged to the CEANA
Star Fund during Fundraising activities at
the Convention. Congratulations to all.
In an interview with
Mary-Ann Sossou, she commended members for
attending and being active participants
throughout the Convention. She was very
optimistic that EAGB members had great
advantages on picking up positive feedback
in order to have a successful hosting of the
2025 CEANA Convention in Boston.
Some members have
already booked the hotel accommodation for
next CEANA conference which will be held in
Charlotte, NC
from August 29 to September 2, 2019.
Please click here to
view how exciting the
CEANA conference
was.
Last
update 9/6/18
